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T. H. BROWN, Jr.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

No. 367,017. Patented July 19,1887.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. BROWVN, JR, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.; JOHN J. P. ODELL ADMIN-ISTRATOR OF SAID BROVN, DECEASED.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,017, dated July 19,1887.

Application filed S1 ptember 6, 1850. Serial No. 16.587. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. BROWN, Jr., of New York city, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improve- 5 ments inTemporary Binders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain novel features of construction inbinders or filing-receptacles for papers, which improvements arehereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings illustrates my im' provement applied to atemporary binder constructed with a cover for perfectly inclosing thecontents, said cover, however, forming no part of the invention. Fig. 2is a central vertical section of a temporary binder containing theimprovement, the cover in this figure being absent. Figs. 3 and 4 aredetailed views, which assist to show more clearly the nature of theimprovement herein described.

A represents the bottom of the binder, B the back, 0 O the sides, and Dthe removable crossbar or ledge.

I is a series of index sheets, apertured at 2', said sheets being atrifle smaller than the intorior of the binder, so as to freely rise andfall between the parallel sides 0 O.

E is a vertical rod, attached in any suitable manner at its bottom tothe binder and rising parallel with the back B through the aperturestain the indexsheets laterally in place within the binder. The upper endof said rod E, as shown in the drawings, rises through an apcrtu re, d,in the ledge D, and above said ledge is provided with a notch orgroove,n,to receive a fastening,F. By this means said rod is made tohold the ledge D from upward movement, and to thereby enable the latterto retain the index-sheets verticallyin place upon the rod E, and theupper end of the rod is held in opposition to strain from the weight ofthe contents of the file when the latter is set upon one of its sides.

The invention relates more particularly to i of the index-sheets, andthereby serving to rethe ledge D and rod and the devices for rctain- 5oing said ledge removably in place.

In the use of temporary binders of this class, as is well known, papersareinserted between the unconnected indexsheetsl, and when the case isfilled the papers, together with the indeX-sheets, are removed from thebinder in a mass for permanent disposition elsewhere. Heretofore I haveused a fixed cross-piece or ledge at D and a removable rod. In thepresent instance the rod E is permanently affixed to the binder case orbox and the cross-picce D is made removable to permit the withdrawal ofthe index-sheets from the rod, the fastening F serving to retain thecross pieee or lodge in place until it is desired to remove thecontents'65 of the binder and to insert a fresh index.

To further describe the particular construction shown in the drawings,the ends of the ledge rest in recesses 0, cut in the upper surfaces ofthe sides 0, and said ledgeis provided with shoulders d, which bearoutwardly against the inner surfaces of said sides 0. The ledge D isobviously incapable of lateral movement while held down in place by itsattachment with the rod E, as described. The fastening F is 7 also shownin the form of a slotted hookpivoted to the ledge D in order to preventits loss or displacement.

I do not wish to be restricted to the particular means shown forretaining the ledge D in place, for, obviously, said ledge may be hingedto the back 13 of the binder-ease, and may be held down otherwise thanby attachment with the rod E. The fastening F, if employed, may also beattached to the under surface of the S5 ledge D, the rod in that casebeing notched at a suitable point below the ledge to receive thefastening thus placed.

It will be seen that the ledge I), when held laterally in place by itsconnection with the 0 body of the binder and apertured to engage withthe rod E, serves to hold the said rod in its vertical position and toprevent its being tilted forward by the weight of the index-sheets andpapers embraced between them whenever the 5 file is held in an inclinedposition, or when (in the case of a closed file) the latter is set awayupon one of its ends.

hold the latter from lateral movement, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a receptacle and aperturcd index-leaves, of arod attached at its 7 lower end to the receptacle, anupwardly-movlowerend tothe receptacle, an upwardly-movable ledgelaterally supported by its connection wit-h the receptacle, and afastening de-' vice for detachably connecting the upper end of the rodwith the ledge, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a receptacle and apertured index-leaves, of arod attached at its able ledge supported upon the receptacle andlaterally supported by its connection with the receptacle and apertu redto receive the upper end of the rod, and a fastening device adapted toretain the ledge vertically in place upon the rod, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with a receptacle fori papers and aperturedindex-leaves, of a rod attached at its lower end to the receptacle andnotched at its upper end, an upwardly-moyable ledge laterally supportedby its connection with the receptacle, and afastening device constructedto engage the notched upper end of the rod and adapted to hold the ledgevertically in place upon the rod, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affi mysignaturein presence of two witnesses.

'THOS. H. BROWVN, JR. Witnesses:

M. E. DAYTON, EUGENE N. ELIOT.

